Angels are the people you meet who show you the most extraordinary things. They may help you overcome adversity, protect you from danger or remind you of who you truly are. Then they completely vanish from your life— just as suddenly as they appeared.
1.
It was my fifth birthday party. We ate the cupcakes I had demanded in lieu of a cake and then spread frosting on each other’s lips at the bottom of the slide, out of our chattering parents’ sight.2.
I opened my eyes and stared at the illuminated trees swaying above your head, all the tips I…
Sometimes I wonder whether or not people think I’m interesting and/or funny.
Then I look at how many followers I have,
some of you who have been with me since the beginning
and I think
“Good God! I’ve either driven you all insane, or you actually like me!”
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Reblogging myself, because I found it and haven’t posted a selfie in a while
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this guy pulled out his dick in front of like 5 billion feminist protestors holy shit
Some context for the idiots claiming the women are overreacting:
This occurred at a Slut Walk. For those not familiar with it, the Slut Walk is basically a peaceful protest seeking to eliminate the rape apologism so prevalent in society. The basis is that no woman is “asking for it,” with “it” being rape. It’s not a feminist protest; it’s a human rights protest.
Many of the protesters, as you can probably imagine, have dealt with sexual harassment or rape in their own lives. Many of them have structured their daily activities to [try to] avoid being raped. The gathering is supposed to be a place for them to feel empowered and able to recover in the company of those who understand what they’ve been through or who will not blame them.
Nobody at a Slut Walk will tell a survivor that it’s her fault. They will not ask what she was wearing to provoke her attacker. Nobody will say she had too much to drink. Nobody will tell the men in the group that they are inherently rapists themselves, and nobody will tell a male survivor that his experience “wasn’t really rape.”
Then, this fellow comes along. He sees this gathering of survivors and their supporters, and to him, it’s a joke. He sees feminazis. He sees girls who are taking “a bit of fun” too seriously. And what does he do? He exposes himself to this group of survivors and supporters - some of whom are, in fact, underage.
He sexually harasses literally hundreds of women in one act. Aside from public indecency, there was cruel intent in his actions. He wanted to make them uncomfortable. He wanted to “put them in their place.” Other photos from this event show him flipping the protesters off and laughing at their anger.
And there are still people defending his actions. There are those who still feel like these women were asking for itand that they deserved to be harassed for trying to claim they weren’t. There are those who feel that women should be taught a lesson this way, and they applaud this man’s actions.
So no, he didn’t pull out his dick in front of feminist protesters. He harassed dozens - if not hundreds - of rape survivors. The reaction to his actions alone outline the purpose of the Slut Walk.
For those of you still doubting whether what he did was wrong (and I do wonder if there’s something wrong with you, if you have doubts), let me give you an analogous situation. Imagine a gathering of black civil rights activists. Imagine Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and all their colleagues gathered together to demonstrate that being black did not make them lesser people. That being black and living in the South did not mean they were “asking” to be the target of hate crimes.
And at this gathering, a white man decides he should teach them a lesson by pointedly hanging a noose from the nearest tree and laughing at their anger. And other white men, laughing along with him, commend him for taking these activists down a peg.
That’s what happened here. It’s not an “OMG, I can’t believe he did that!” moment. It’s an “OMG, there are people who think this is okay” moment. And the fact is, it’s not. It never will be. And that’s the take home message of this ridiculous rant I’ve written up.
Regardless of how you feel about Slut Walks, it is appalling that the protesters, whether or not they had been assaulted, were ‘supposed’ to laugh this behavior off. Like the commenter said, this was an act of aggression, an act meant to offend and demean. You can see in the protesters’ faces the frustration and anger of not being able to defend against or rebuke this offense, when millions of the same kind happen every day.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mchczdGFZA1r4alqeo1_500.jpg)
this guy pulled out his dick in front of like 5 billion feminist protestors holy shit
Some context for the idiots claiming the women are overreacting:
This occurred at a Slut Walk. For those not familiar with it, the Slut Walk is basically a peaceful protest seeking to eliminate the rape apologism so prevalent in society. The basis is that no woman is “asking for it,” with “it” being rape. It’s not a feminist protest; it’s a human rights protest.
Many of the protesters, as you can probably imagine, have dealt with sexual harassment or rape in their own lives. Many of them have structured their daily activities to [try to] avoid being raped. The gathering is supposed to be a place for them to feel empowered and able to recover in the company of those who understand what they’ve been through or who will not blame them.
Nobody at a Slut Walk will tell a survivor that it’s her fault. They will not ask what she was wearing to provoke her attacker. Nobody will say she had too much to drink. Nobody will tell the men in the group that they are inherently rapists themselves, and nobody will tell a male survivor that his experience “wasn’t really rape.”
Then, this fellow comes along. He sees this gathering of survivors and their supporters, and to him, it’s a joke. He sees feminazis. He sees girls who are taking “a bit of fun” too seriously. And what does he do? He exposes himself to this group of survivors and supporters - some of whom are, in fact, underage.
He sexually harasses literally hundreds of women in one act. Aside from public indecency, there was cruel intent in his actions. He wanted to make them uncomfortable. He wanted to “put them in their place.” Other photos from this event show him flipping the protesters off and laughing at their anger.
And there are still people defending his actions. There are those who still feel like these women were asking for itand that they deserved to be harassed for trying to claim they weren’t. There are those who feel that women should be taught a lesson this way, and they applaud this man’s actions.
So no, he didn’t pull out his dick in front of feminist protesters. He harassed dozens - if not hundreds - of rape survivors. The reaction to his actions alone outline the purpose of the Slut Walk.
For those of you still doubting whether what he did was wrong (and I do wonder if there’s something wrong with you, if you have doubts), let me give you an analogous situation. Imagine a gathering of black civil rights activists. Imagine Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and all their colleagues gathered together to demonstrate that being black did not make them lesser people. That being black and living in the South did not mean they were “asking” to be the target of hate crimes.
And at this gathering, a white man decides he should teach them a lesson by pointedly hanging a noose from the nearest tree and laughing at their anger. And other white men, laughing along with him, commend him for taking these activists down a peg.
That’s what happened here. It’s not an “OMG, I can’t believe he did that!” moment. It’s an “OMG, there are people who think this is okay” moment. And the fact is, it’s not. It never will be. And that’s the take home message of this ridiculous rant I’ve written up.
Regardless of how you feel about Slut Walks, it is appalling that the protesters, whether or not they had been assaulted, were ‘supposed’ to laugh this behavior off. Like the commenter said, this was an act of aggression, an act meant to offend and demean. You can see in the protesters’ faces the frustration and anger of not being able to defend against or rebuke this offense, when millions of the same kind happen every day.
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Darcy: “Excuse me, Lizzie.”
The three words that make a fandom go to pieces.
Now, I’d like to take the time to point out three simple facts that will make everyone very sad (I’m sorry).
A) The shot before Darcy walks in, Lizzie has the camera zoom in, “for dramatic effect”, or rather, to make sure you can’t see Darcy’s face above his mouth (a rather theatre of the absurd effect, but there it is). The shot is the same in the preview for the next episode, so we know that the shot will not change to reveal Darcy.
B) Lizzie stands in the preview. Lizzie will not sit down and be passive when she’s busy yelling at Darcy, and Darcy will neither sit down when she is standing, nor sit down when he’s also angry at her for taking such a narrow view of him, so they will both remain standing.
C) Lizzie will not change the camera angle during the course of the video. She’ll be too busy trying not to kill Darcy, and besides that, she doesn’t want him to know the videos exist, so she’ll pretend the camera doesn’t exist.
Conclusion: Not only will we not get to see Darcy’s face yet, but we will not get to see Lizzie’s reactions to their first onscreen verbal spar (which, to me, is almost just as bad!) The Audience is reduced to inference from body language, and vocal expression (and much frustration).
I’d also like to point out that, considering all mentions of Darcy in the novel, the writers could very well go ten or twenty episodes without showing Darcy, after this.
From now on, When Doctor Who and Sherlock fans cry “Moffat!” I’ll say, “No, that’s nothing compared to the genius of the LBD writers.” Congratulations.
I may cry.
-Anne
Anne, I have to tell you, I pushed for it to happen the way that you describe. But the the kind-hearted and lovely people of the LBD writing staff (and Bernie Su) would not let me be that terrible so…yes…you will see Darcy in the next episode…you do not have to cry.
Yes!!!!!
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